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In
Madagascar only a single species of Phyllodactylus
was known, then in 1998 Nussbaum et al. revised
the species and came to the conclusion that two species
were present in Madagascar and that they were to be
considered a separate genus endemic to the island.
Matoatoa
brevipes (Mocquard, 1900)
Distribution: Madagascar.
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Matoatoa
spannringi Nussbaum, Raxworthy & Pronk,
1998
Distribution: Madagascar.
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| Literature |
| Bauer,
A.M., D.A. Good & W.R. Branch. 1997. The Taxonomy
of the Southern African Leaf-Toed Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae),
with a Review of Old World "Phyllodactylus"
and the Description of Five New Genera. Proc. Calif. Acad.
Sci., 49(14): 447-497. |
| Glaw,
F. & M. Vences. 1994. A Fieldguide to the Amphibians
and Reptiles of Madagascar. Second edition. Vences &
Glaw Verlags GbR, Köln, 480 pp. |
| Nussbaum,
R.A., C.J. Raxworthy & O. Pronk. 1998. The Ghost Geckos
of Madagascar: A further Revision of the Malagasy Leaf-Toed
Geckos (Reptilia, Squamata, Gekkonidae). Misc. Publ. Mus.
Zool. Univ. Michigan, 186: 1-26. |
| Rösler,
H. 1995. Geckos der Welt. Alle Gattungen. Urania-Verlag,
Leipzig, Jena, Berlin, 256 pp. |
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